USS Valley Forge (CVS-45) in the Caribbean. An aircraft taxis up into a catapult position on the flight deck of USS Valley Forge. A Piasecki HUP-2 helicopter comes in for a landing. A signal man signals on the deck.
Anchor in Los Angeles reads news about accident at Three Mile Island nuclear station in Pennsylvania. He gives details of the accident. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Report about the accident. Aerial view of the TMI plant. Nuclear Regulatory Commission command post established. Inspection and enforcement trailers parked at the station. Evaluation done by NRC personnel. Pocket dosimeters and Film badges used by NRC staff are shown on table. Man works in a mobile laboratory. NRC (Nuclear Regulatory Commission) member observes coordinated activities at control panel. Members work at NRC communication center. Machines inside the plant. Men stand while daily briefing. Data and information exchanged by members of investigating DOE and state agencies. Environmental briefing visiting personnel at station. Dr. Harold Denton of NRC and Governor of Pennsylvania Dick Thornburgh address journalists.
The construction of USS Los Angeles (ZR-3), LZ-126, rigid airship by Zeppelin company in Friedrichshafen, Germany. The finished skeleton of the airship shows bottom of frame gondolas and oil tanks. Men work on the ship. Men mount engine on a gondola. They attach fabric to framework. Men on ladders work on bow and tail. A man manipulates the elevator controls. Interior of ZR-3 before installing gas balloonettes. Interior of a catwalk. Main passageway of the gondola. Navigating bridge and controls. Radio instruments in communication center.
President Lyndon B. Johnson arrives in a motorcade at Anderson Air Force Base, Guam, on March 20, 1967, during the Vietnam War. As a rain shower begins, a man, holding an umbrella, opens the door of the President's car, and Major General William Joseph Crumm, Commander of the 3rd Air Division, helps him step out. Closeup of some of the military families gathered to greet the President. Children hold small American flags. Next, the President is seen presenting Air Medals to 12 crew members of Strategic Air Command (SAC) B-52 bombers and KC-135 aerial refueling aircraft of the 3rd Air Division in the Western Pacific. View of friends and families and other spectators watching the proceedings. General Crumm is seen officially greeting President Johnson, and then presenting him with a plaque identifying him as a member of the "Top Three Club." The President makes a few remarks praising the Air medal recipients for their sacrifices and deeds in the air over Vietnam.
Film opens with still portrait of U.S. Strategic Air (SAC) Commander in Chief, General Thomas S. Power., who is heard saying "Peace is Our Profession." Signs outside SAC headquarters, bearing the same message. Glimpse of entry gate to the headquarters. View of Atlas missile displayed on the headquarters grounds. Closeups of the missile, at top and bottom. Air Force personnel manning phones in SAC Control Center, underground,at Offutt Air Force Base, Nebraska. Others are seen walking near extremely large wall displays. View of the main Control Center with officers at their respective stations. View of person entering past guards into the underground facility. A briefing officer climbs onto a moving platform that elevates him so he can brief the center personnel, while referring to one of the large wall displays. View of teletype machines receiving messages in the Center. Digital clocks show times in places like Guam and Alaska. The famous "Red Telephone" from which it is possible to launch the entire SAC strike force, all over the world, within seconds after warning of an enemy attack has been received at SAC Headquarters. B-47 bombers taxiing on a base. Closeups of some taxiing. A B-47 bomber taking off and flying high above the camera. Extreme closeup from outside of crew members in cockpit of B-47 in flight. Flight of three B-47s flying in formation.
People in ghetto of Ungvar, Province of Ruthenia, in Hungary. Jewish synagogue and other buildings along the sides of the street in the town. Jews walking on the street. Closeup views of Jewish people including a orthodox Jew teenage boy with side curls (payos). Other Orthodox Jewish men and boys with various hats and payos. The exterior of a building. Men discussing amongst themselves. A man bringing a hen to a Rabbi. Names on the stores including Adolf Mermelstein Textic.
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